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doomscrolling
noun 2
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3ADJ.
difficult
VERB + DOOMSCROLLING
avoid, burden
ADV.
completely
Definitions
noun
1
The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events.
Step 1 is to acknowledge the burden that doomscrolling creates for our health, Dr. Gazzaley said. “You have to realize you don’t want to live your life in a hamster wheel of complete news consumption,” he said.
I assured them that while doomscrolling was a difficult online pitfall, it wasn't one they needed to fall in to^([sic]).
2
Continuously and aimlessly consuming any content on social media, particularly sites that utilize a scrolling format, such as Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.
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Step 1 is to acknowledge the burden that doomscrolling creates for our health, Dr. Gazzaley said. “You have to realize you don’t want to live your life in a hamster wheel of complete news consumption,
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I assured them that while doomscrolling was a difficult online pitfall, it wasn't one they needed to fall in to^([sic]).
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It would be easy enough to say just stop doing it, but with everything happening in the world right now, it’s impossible to completely avoid doomscrolling.
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Mariska decided to take a break from social media in order to focus on her mental health and break her addiction to doomscrolling.
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